Let’s see… there’s the acoustic guitar singer-musician sporting a lumberjack-esque beard, a tuba player known for his bad jokes, a cool collected guy on bass, a cello player  with an aggressive sense of humor, a sarcastic guy on electric guitar and a flute player who’s boss. Midwest Dilemma’s quirky musical medley of personalities complements their just-as-temperamental genre of music.

This “Americana-folk-rock-orchestral pop-waltz” band that calls Omaha home has been coast to coast and, even more recently, at a closer locale that does this hipster ensemble justice: the Joslyn Art Museum.

Having just hosted “College Night” Sept. 9, Joslyn transformed its art-deco atrium into an acoustic venue in the efforts of drawing in college students and young adults.

“It’s like the ceilings are 100 feet tall,” said bearded front-man Justin Lamoureux.

“The reverb was just brilliant in there.”

Joslyn has held its “College Night” tradition for years, serving up free food, showcasing collections and  of course, hosting a band of choice.

“It’s really just a chance to see what Joslyn has to offer, because we certainly want people to come back often and remember it as a great night out,” Public Relations Specialist Amy Rummel said.

Currently between exhibitions — American landscape contemporary photography exhibition soon to open this Saturday — the museum pooled funds and resources to pull off exactly that, a “great night out.”

“It was a nice surprise to see the place fill in completely,” Lamoureux said. “It was neat to see folks listening and connecting with our stories and music. We have done many college events over the years, it’s always interesting to see how many students get us”

Awarded “Album of the Year” at Omaha’s 2008 Entertainment Awards for its“Timelines & Tragedies” album debut, Midwest Dilemma lives up to a somewhat underground local prestige. It has performed in more than 40 states across the country, opened for notable bands like Bright Eyes, Counting Crows, Lenka and Dave Rawlings’ Gillian Welch. It has also grown from a one-man band playing in coffee shops to a group of six musicians with sights on a European tour this October.

Traveling with the seasons and rooted here in the Midwest, these self-proclaimed “no-namers” are slowly but surely making a name for themselves.

“I feel we are tighter now that ever, in terms of our closeness as friends … This profession allows you to see and do things on a scale and level that is so rewarding,” Lamoureux said.

While awaiting tour dates in Ireland and the United Kingdom, the band still, however, pays homage to its Omaha roots.

Reminiscing run-of-the-mill trips to the museum as a kid, the band tips a hat, or tuba, to a lively city scene with much to offer.

“I think about the exhibits and still have vivid memories of them,” Lamoureux

said. “To this day I still feel the spirit in the art and can take time to appreciate what it’s worth. I feel that Joslyn provides a way to preserve and create the need for artists and a place for them to be seen and heard.”

Hoping to always exhibit artistic talent alongside tangible works, Joslyn Art Museum is one such place in which “art” takes on many forms and many roles.

“It’s amazing to be a museum that presents a little of everything,” Rummel said. “It’s always like an eb and flow of what you can experience and see.”